Beneath the S&P 500’s 2 percent gain in the third quarter, the rise in oil prices and bond yields led some investors to become more cautious about the outlook for A.I. profits.

The IRS and Treasury issued a warning this week on an ETF strategy wealthy investors have been using to shield capital gains income from taxes.

The artificial intelligence boom has pushed up the stock market, even as interest rates have pulled it down, our columnist says.

The higher yields, which are pressuring consumer and corporate borrowers and increasingly weighing on certain corners of the stock market, are unlikely to dissipate soon.

The G7 will deploy 100 million barrels of reserves over the next four months, the group's leaders said in a joint statement.

Google has been trailing OpenAI and Anthropic for much of 2026, analysts say Gemini 4 puts it back in the frontier AI conversation.

Odds tumbled after a jobs report showed a soft labor market, leading more traders to lower the the chances of a fed funds rate increase this month.

The economy added fewer jobs in September and unemployment ticked up, while inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.

EU countries are set for crisis talks on soaring diesel prices, with officials warning a U.S. export ban could hurt Europe’s economic outlook.

China has started limiting exports of refined products again as its own inventories of crude oil and refined products have dwindled.

The odds of an interest rate change at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in late October have dropped following a softer jobs report and strong signaling from bank officials.

U.S. Treasury yields rose despite a September jobs report came in much weaker than expected.